17 March to 19 March 2016Rave by Matej Kejžar (Pekinpah Association) at the XS Festival at Théâtre National in Brussels, Belgiumprogramme

21 September to 22 September 2015The premiere of Genesis by Mala Kline (Pekinpah Association) at Ganz Novi Festival at French Pavillion in Zagreb, Croatiaprogramme

5 July to 10 July 2015Rave by Matej Kejžar and Petra Veber (Pekinpah Association / Kink Kong), at the 69th Festival d’Avignon at Jardin de la Vierge du lycée Saint-Joseph in Avignon, Franceprogramme

26 May 2015Ballet of Revolt, choreographed and directed by Leja Jurišić and Petra Veber and produced by Pekinpah Association / Kink Kong, at the Festival Cosmicómico de Teatro Alternativo Internacional, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Washington, at Teatro Fernando Calderón in Zacatecas, Mexicoprogramme

28 November 2014Eden, a dance performance by Mala Kline (Pekinpah Association), at SÂLMON< Festival in the framework of the European project modul-dance at Graner – Creation Factory in Barcelona, Spainprogramme

25 September to 26 September 2014The Very Boring Piece by Jasmina Križaj and Cristina Planas Leitão, co-produced by Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room, and Ballet of Revolt by Leja Jurišić and Petra Veber, co-produced by Pekinpah – Kink Kong, at the Young European Choreographers Festival at Hellerau in Dresden, Germanyprogramme

17 April to 19 April 2014This is not a hit, a dance performance by Matej Kejžar (Pekinpah Association), and The Second Freedom, a dance performance by Leja Jurišić & Teja Reba (Pekinpah Association, Bunker Institute), at Spider Festival Lyon at Les Subsistances in Lyon, Franceprogramme

8 March 2014This is not a hit, a dance performance by Matej Kejžar (Pekinpah Association), and Sofa, a durational performance by Leja Jurišić & Teja Reba (Pekinpah Association), at the Spider Night Festival at Danscentrumjette in Brussels, Belgiumprogramme

17 December to 20 December 2013A dance workshop by Matej Kejžar (Pekinpah Association) ) after his 2-month residency at Groupo Experimental at Casa de Cultura Mario Quinatana in Porto Alegre, Brazilprogramme

25 November to 27 November 2013Mala Kline (Pekinpah Association) presents Eden, a dance performance, at the Danae Festival at ZonaK in Milan, Italyprogramme

22 November 2013This is not a hit, a dance performance by Matej Kejžar in the framework of the Spider Event coorganised by the Pekinpah Association, at Zagreb Dance Centre in Zagreb, Croatiaprogramme

21 November to 24 November 2013On Gesture, a lecture by Mala Kline (Pekinpah Association), at the Symposium On collectivity and collaboration in art at Volt in Bergen, Norwayprogramme

21 November 2013Sofa, a performance by Leja Jurišić and Teja Reba (Pekinpah Association), at the Spider Event Zagreb at Glyptotheque HAZU in Zagreb, Croatiaprogramme

31 October to 1 November 2013Mala Kline (Pekinpah Association) presents Eden, a dance performance, at the Culturescapes Festival at Theater Proxy Basel in Basel, Switzerlandprogramme

2 October to 4 October 2013A workshop by Mala Kline (Pekinpah Association) as a part of Australian and Eastern European Artist Exchange at Brisbane Powerhouse in Brisbane, Australiaprogramme

18 September to 19 September 2013Mala Kline (Pekinpah Association) presents Eden, a dance performance, and Dream Lab, a mobile interdisciplinary laboratory for research and development of dream and imagery work in the context of performing arts, at the Perforacije and Ganz Novi Festival at Centre MM, TD in Zagreb, Croatiaprogramme

5 September to 8 September 2013Leja Jurišić and Teja Reba (Pekinpah Association) performing in Tim Etchells's The Last Adventures at Maschinenhalle Zweckel in Gladbeck, Germanyprogramme

24 August 2013Time & Space Remixed, a workshop by Matej Kejžar (Pekinpah Association), at the Frontier Danceland in Singapore, Singaporeprogramme

15 August to 18 August 2013Edges of Shutting Down, a dance performance by Matej Kejžar (Pekinpah Association), at the SIBU International Dance Festival in Singapore, Singaporeprogramme

1 August 2013Vehicles of Presence, a presentation of a work in progress by Mala Kline (Pekinpah Association), at Performing Arts Forum in Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt, Franceprogramme

20 July to 26 July 2013Contemporary Technique and Time & Space Remix, workshops by Matej Kejžar (Pekinpah Association), at the Impulstanz Festival at Arsenal D in Vienna, Austriaprogramme

14 July to 15 July 2013Eden, a dance performance by Mala Kline (Pekinpah Association), at Barbara's Atelier in La Val, Italyprogramme

13 July 2013Eden, a dance performance by Mala Kline (Pekinpah Association), at UFO in Brunico, Italyprogramme

10 May to 11 May 2013Eden, a dance performance by Mala Kline (Pekinpah Association) and dance workshops and lectures by members of Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room, at symposium DER ZAURENDER KOERPER – HASITATING BODY at German Hygiene Museum in Dresden, Germanyprogramme

5 May to 31 October 2013Life After Conceptual Art!, a video performance by Leja Jurišić, Teja Reba, and Petra Veber (Pekinpah Association), at the Online Biennale in New York, USAprogramme

8 February 2013Dreamlab, a workshop by Mala Kline (Pekinpah Association), at Tanzquartier Vienna in Vienna, Austriaprogramme

19 January to 22 January 2013I Love You, a video performance authored by Kristina Horvat Blažinović and performed by Leja Jurišić and Teja Reba (Pekinpah Association), as part of the project New Media Cross-Border at Scheier Gallery in Čakovec, Croatiaprogramme

1 June to 2 June 2012Ballet of Revolt by Leja Jurišić and Petra Veber, co-produced by Pekinpah Association, premiered at Tanzquartier Wien in Vienna, Austriaprogramme

25 April to 27 April 2012Senser and Edge 36.5 by Matej Kejžar, co-produced by Pekinpah Association at Melkweg in Amsterdam, Netherlandsprogramme

30 March to 31 March 2012At Once, international dance creation, part of Spider project produced by Pekinpah Association on the Festival Week-end Ça tremble at Les Subsistances in Lyon, Franceprogramme

27 March 2012At Once, international dance creation, part of Spider project produced by Pekinpah Association at Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatiaprogramme

3 March 2012At Once, international dance creation, part of Spider project produced by Pekinpah Association at Dancecentrumjette in Brussels, Belgiumprogramme

28 October to 7 November 2011SPIDER Athens Festival produced by Pekinpah Association, Collectif Loge 22 and Kinitiras Dance Spectacle at Colectif Loge 22 in Lyon, Franceprogramme

28 October to 4 November 2010A programme produced by Pekinpah Association, Collectif Loge 22 and Kinitiras Dance Spectacle at the SPIDER Athens Festival at Michael Cacoyannis Cultural Centre and public spaces in Athens, Greeceprogrammeorganiser

Simultaneously being an organisational vehicle for dancers, designers, architects and musicians, the Pekinpah Association is a rather curious production house. Established in 2007 and based in Ljubljana, its main activities feature contemporary dance production; publishing and presenting theoretical and practical reflections on design; and managing the musical band Silence. The association produces performances and exhibitions, organises lectures and congresses, and publishes research into new media and information practices.

It is an eminently international enterprise in all of these respects, regularly performing, lecturing or collaborating abroad. Among its many activities is the Spider project, not only an annual festival but also a transnational artistic network.

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Dance

Pekinpah mainly works with three internationally acclaimed choreographers – Matej Kejžar, Mala Kline and Leja Jurišić. Signing with them in 2010, Pekinpah has been producing, managing and promoting their performances in Slovenia as well as abroad ever since. In Slovenia, it often collaborates with the Bunker Institute, and mounts most of the performances of these choreographers as well as a few others at either Stara Elektrarna or the Španski borci Culture Centre.

A few of the venues or festivals abroad that have hosted Pekinpah's productions or artists are Festival Tanzhafen (Linz, AT), Festival d'Avignon (FR), Théâtre National (BE), XS 2016 Festival (BE), Shoonya Centre for Art and Somatic Practices (Bangalore, IN), SEAD (AT), Teatro Renascença (Porto Alegre, BR), SOTA Theatre (SG) and Ganz Novi Festival (Zagreb, HR). The three artists themselves are often invited for international co-productions, working with renowned individuals and groups.

Spider Festival

The first SPIDER project was initiated by Matej Kejžar, Michaël Pomero (FR) and Antigone Gyra (GR) in 2012. The project weaves a web of mobility with around 40 artists from different countries and cultures and from various artistic fields and milieus (dancers, choreographers, musicians, writers, visual artists). Under the auspices of SPIDER, Pekinpah has organised international artistic events in Athens, Zagreb, Lyon, Berlin, Brussels and Ljubljana (where SPIDER appears as an annual festival).

Design and publishing

One of the reasons for establishing the association was to promote and carry out activities regarding design theory, which was (and still is) rarely dealt with in Slovenia. With only a handful of studies on theory of design having been previously published in Slovenian language, Pekinpah's publishing endeavours in this vein have significantly altered the field.

Petra Černe Oven, PhD, and Barbara Predan, PhD, are the main force behind Pekinpah's design endeavours. They curate the publishing programme and have either edited or contributed to a number of works, often featuring renowned authors from abroad. The publications are frequently also published (at least partly) in English, with a good number of them co-published by the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO).

Predan and Černe Oven were recently featured in the compendium called Information Design: Research and Practice, published in 2017 by Routledge. Pekinpah is a part of the CODEC, the Contemporary Design Collaborative, an initiative to build a network of design professionals in the CEE region.

Events

In collaboration with MAO, Pekinpah has organised several series of lectures (about sustainable alternatives in design, visual communications theory, etc.) hosting international lecturers (for example, in 2017 Vik Burian & Jose Scalipne from Typetogether). In 2009, MAO and Pekinpah conceived an overview exhibition on the development of design at the Slovene company Iskra. The project marked the 30th anniversary of the launch of Iskra's internationally recognised telephone, the ETA 80, by the distinguished Slovene designer Davorin Savnik.

Together with the Jožef Stefan Institute, Pekinpah also organised the 5th Italian Business Forum and collaborated at the Slovenia Design Showroom Milano 2017 (curated and edited by Barbara Predan). Predan and Černe Oven are frequently invited to lecture or present workshops around the world.

Music

Pekinpah Association is home to the renowned musical duet Silence, led by Primož Hladnik (music and arrangements) and Boris Benko (music, lyrics and vocals). Having published a number of very well-received albums, they frequently collaborate with Laibach and regularly collaborate with acclaimed theatre (Tomaž Pandur (1963–2016), Matjaž Pograjc, Aleksandar Popovski and Primož Ekart) and film (Damjan Kozole) directors.

In 2015, Laibach and Silence become the first Western alternative acts to perform in North Korea.